Wild Horse Annie's herd is in immediate danger!

Sitting on the hillside last week watching the beauty of this very historicherd galloping across the prairie, tears came to my eyes to know that soonthese horses may face the last days of their lives unless WE CAN HELP.

This herd, known as Wild Horse Annie's horses, will be removed next week.If ISPMB cannot take these horses, they will be sold at auction and willhead to the thriving Canadian Slaughter Market. Can you help us save theseextraordinary horses?

THE STORY:

These wild horses, originating near Virginia City, Nevada, are one of themost historic herds in the U.S. gaining notoriety in 1952 when Wild HorseAnnie pushed through the first law in Storey County to protect these wildhorses. By 1971 when Annie and ISPMB were successful in getting federallegislation to protect wild horses and burros, these horses were not coveredbecause they resided on state land. Human encroachment from residentialdevelopment now threatens the Virginia Range herd.

In 2001, ISPMB took steps to save Annie's horses and placed 82 of them onthe Cheyenne River Sioux Reservation in SD. Today the herd has grown to 300animals and the Tribe may soon lose their 22,000 acre ranch where the horsesroamed.

We have only a week to seek funding so we can keep these horses from goingto slaughter. ISPMB has no financial reserves since we paid two times thenormal price for hay this past year trucking it in hundreds of milesenduring the worst drought in our history.

Our goal is to find upwards to 200 qualified homes for the younger horsesand then keep the base herd of 100 animals.

We will need to raise enough money to purchase $50,000 of hay for them forseveral months until homes are found for the majority of animals.

HERE'S HOW YOU CAN HELP:

* Can you help us find qualified homes for the younger horses* Can you contribute http://ispmb.org/ or ISPMB- BOX 55- LANTRYSD-57636 If everyone on our E-mail list would contribute a minimum of $25 -we could raise enough funds to save these horses!* Can you do a fundraiser in your area to save "Annie's Virginia RangeHorses".* Can you pass our information on to all of your friends* Can you Sponsor the Virginia Range Herd ($5,000) and spend awonderful three day weekend with us and our herds

ONLY WITH YOUR HELP CAN WE DO THIS! LET'S KEEP THEM RUNNING WILD AND FREE.